Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. MetLife's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,780 Mil. MetLife's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $18,501 Mil. Therefore, MetLife's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 20.43%.
The historical rank and industry rank for MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
MET'
s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.46 Med: 10.01 Max: 23.33
Current: 23.33
During the past 13 years, MetLife's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 23.33%. The lowest was 1.46%. And the median was 10.01%.
MET's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than 77.73% of 494
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 12.815
vs MET: 23.33
MetLife Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MetLife's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.
Be Aware
Net Income is used.
Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.
MetLife Return-on-Tangible-Equity Related Terms
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MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the us by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial-services products. It is organized into five segments: us, Asia, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and MetLife Holdings. The us business contributes around 50% of earnings and is broken into the group benefits segment and the retirement solutions segment. The Asia segment contributes around 22% of earnings and is mainly composed of the Japan business, with increasing contributions from India, China, and Bangladesh. The company also holds leading market positions in Mexico and Chile, with the Latin America segment contributing around 13% of earnings. The EMEA and MetLife Holdings segments contribute around 4% and 11% of earnings, respectively.
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